Who Can Tell
When it comes to guessing what someone else was thinking at the moment, who can tell (really) where their mind was. Maybe they were late for work. Maybe they skipped their second cup of coffee. Maybe their kid went off Read More …
Tag: family
Change For…
Do you change for the sake of change, or do you change for the better? One is to get attention or to make a point, maybe to make things difficult. Maybe to trip people up and draw attention to them. Read More …
Fall Weekends Together
It is best to spend fall weekends together. On the farm. Picking pumpkins and/or apples. Having breakfast at the cafe outside. Lunch or early supper – soup and crunchy bread might be a good idea. Homecoming football game. Band competitions. Read More …
Living Together
Throughout our lives, we spend them, living together with family, random people (college, um can we say freshman year in the dorm) and friends…then family, again. If we are lucky, we get to do the family – friends toggle over Read More …
First Journey
After a long holiday weekend, think back to your very first journey… Whether for a holiday, or not. Whether with your family, or not. Whether documented in photos, or not. Whether in a car, train or not. (Or, maybe on Read More …
Pay Dad Respect
We all need to pay dad respect. Father’s Day gets a bad rep… Most notably for the comparisons to Mother’s Day with reservations for brunch and dinner, and don’t forget about the jewelry ads vs. the ones for cargo shorts. Read More …
White Pants Are Back
It was Memorial Day yesterday, so, in addition to being the official first day of the summer season, white pants are back. If, of course, you believe in that sort of thing. I know that there are certain rules that Read More …
A Great Parade
The recipe for a great parade was followed in our home town today. It was 100 years that the American Legion was formed and they celebrated bigger and better than ever with this year’s Memorial Day parade. It’s been a Read More …
For the Moms
This is a day for the moms that doesn’t happen everywhere around the world, on the same day. I don’t think Hallmark had a single thing to do with that. In fact, I am pretty sure that Hallmark just capitalized Read More …
Never Lost at Home
College students…they’re never lost at home… We cherish having them back. We love having them join us at dinner. We want to see their shining, happy, youthful faces. We are happier, when they’re here. We are parents. We can’t help Read More …